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The new Health and Social Care Bill will ensure that many types of care are far from universal

Sir, As MPs and peers prepare to vote on the Health and Social Care Bill many will have taken reassurance from the Prime Minister’s oft-repeated statement that NHS care will not be privatised. This would be a mistake. Instead they should ask what these words actually mean, something that David Cameron has been reluctant to explain.

As made clear by several government advisers, “not be privatised” is viewed as being consistent with virtually all NHS care being delivered by multinational corporations (the idea that charities and social enterprises can compete with these giants other than in a few unprofitable niches